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CHAPTER THREE

Neil kept putting off the talk. He hadn’t realized at first
how difficult it would be to talk about something so
personal, even with his best friend. But he had to do it.
He forced himself to think about it. He decided on a time
and place and then began thinking about how he would 5
approach the subject. When he met Darby for lunch the
next day he was going to be ready.

After a quick lunch, the two boys left the cafeteria and
went outside. As they began walking slowly around the
school grounds, neither of them said anything for the 10
first few moments. Finally, Neil got up his courage and
began.
‘I had to sit next to Hadley in Biology yesterday. We did
group work and we were in the same group. Oh, man! I
thought I would pass out!’ 15
Darby laughed. ‘It was that bad?’
‘You know Hadley, man.’
‘Did you say anything?’
‘Not a word. Nobody did, but there was a lot of grinning
and eye rolling. You just know that making comments 20
doesn’t work with Hadley. It’s been done before – many
times – and nothing has changed. He still stinks as bad as

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